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[Syrus718]

Now I've Seen More Then A Few Dumb threads on the forums so Buckle up because this one might not be any different. Even though FF14 is a MMO To My understanding Theres only one Warrior of Light,
So For those players Planning to Switch Their race to viera You will be the lone bunny I guess traveling eorzea, lore Wise there have been viera who lived amongst humans but they have also been branded as Exiles. (Bare With Me Here) So will these Wol be Branded as exiles for lore? Will there be other lore integrated into the game to explain what happen? Can The NPC's Dressed Like Bunniez in the Gold Saucer Be Switched to viera? If Not Is it now Culturally Appropriate? Find Out Next Time on Letter From The Producers Live....

[Enla]

Unlikely given that if I recall, being an Au'Ra barely got more than a token nod if anything in the main storyline. Even if they do provide some unique text it's almost guaranteed to be a one and done line change.

[linay]

So, you're the main WoL, but some quests do acknowledge that you brought along other adventurers with you, your companions/friends. So not being the WoL in your story won't change their race, whether it's Viera or something else.

[Syrus718]

So, you're the main WoL, but some quests do acknowledge that you brought along other adventurers with you, your companions/friends. So not being the WoL in your story won't change their race, whether it's Viera or something else.

I Always thought When They said Your adventurer friends they were referring to the guild.

Unlikely given that if I recall, being an Au'Ra barely got more than a token nod if anything in the main storyline. Even if they do provide some unique text it's almost guaranteed to be a one and done line change.

If Au'ra Had a one and done if definitely the reason why I do not remember the reference . I'm hoping for at least so.e back story in the next book or something

[linay]

I Always When They said Your adventurer friends they were referring to the guild.

You mean a class guild? It's unlikely as adventurers, even NPCs, tend to mix classes/jobs in their group.

[Vidu]

Will the WoL be branded as exiles for lore?
By the game itself - probably not. As Enla mentioned: Playing an Au Ra has no real effect on your mainstory either, even if it (logically, specially judging by the build up of Yugiri) should have.
Within Eorzea and most likely the better parts of the Far East, being a Viera in exil doesnt really matter either - why should a pirate in Limsa care about the reason a Viera is running around in his city? No one in Eorzea would have any reason to "brand" you as being someone in exil. You're just another adventurer and how you came to be one, matters fairly little.

Will there be other lore integrated into the game to explain what happend?
Happend... how? Do you mean lore in regards to why the players character left the Woods and became a Viera in exil?
Most likely not. No other race got that sort of treatment either (again, mainly pointing at the Au Ra) - and I doubt they gonna change that now.
The WoL is a blank canvas by design, so if you want to play a Viera, you can make up your own reason how you ended up as a puglist in Ul'dah - did you sneak onto a merchant-ship in Kugane to leave the Far East behind? Where you maybe caputerd and sold as... exotic dancer to some rich dude? Did you hide your ears for months and tried to pass as Hyur only to leave eventually? Did you hear Hydaleans call and ventured out of the Woods, not caring how people reacted towards you? - instead of having a backstory provided for you.
Keep in mind: For the purpose of the story your Viera will be the only one who ventured out of the Woods, except for any NPCs, obviously. Even if you fight Nidhogg with 6 other bunny-girls, your bunny-girl is the outliner, the only one who ever left the Woods. That doesnt require any new "lore", because its not lore, its the backstory of one character - your character, so you have total control over that.

Can the NPCs dressed like bunnies in the Gold Saucer be switched to Viera?
...why would they be? They're clearly based on playboy-bunnies, given the enviroment they're in - and not on Viera. The bunny-outfit isnt some placeholder for Viera - its a "sexy" bunny-outfit, based on ...clothes that actual hostesses would wear.


If not is it now culturally appropriate?
I dont really understand this question? Do you mean that it might not be appropriate anymore to have those girls in bunny-outfits once we have Viera as a race?
In that case I would like to raise two questions of my own:
(1) How culutrally appropriate is it to put women into those skimpy clothes in the first place?
(2) Have you SEEN the Viera race-gear? Have you seen Fran? The bunny-outfit is tame compared to that... so is your question wether or not its culutrally appropriate for a bunny-look-alike-girl to work as hostess in the Gold Saucer?

[Syrus718]

I'm not switching Races unless the have males and I can stand to look at them... I Like Searching for Info and stories inside the game and just because they havent added done before doesn't mean it cant happen *Cough* Limited Jobs *Cough* Designed for Solo Players But You Still A party *Cough* Not Everyone Skips Every Cutscene and it would be funny to me to the little bubble box appear over a NPC you walk by saying "Exile" or other viera treating them that way.

[Derio]

From what I have seen you being the WoL overrides all race matters. There are two or 3 dialogues in the game where your race comes up. One of them being the MH crossover even where if you make the joke about a cat and you are a miquote they acknowledge your race.



Point is it doesnt matter which race you are, you will not get shunned or treated differently simply because your status as the proclaimed WoL will override everything.

[Turnipsi]

WoL is new to Eorzea in the beginning (unless legacy) and arrives in the first cutscene. So you're a stranger regardless, no changes there. They might add Viera to some lone NPC dialogue that fits race acknowledgement, but not much

[Mihana]

If memory serves early on in the ARR storyline a Wood Wailer who betrayed Gridania for coin does refer to you by race. So it's my bet that people in the game will know your race regardless and aside from maybe a line or two being different there won't be any notable changes. Every race they add from Heavensward onwards will be treated as if they've been present in Eorzea all along, with the explanation that there just aren't as many of them. The original five races have just existed in Eorzea longer than the others so they're far more common. The Warrior of Light is just a person from somewhere outside of the realm come for whatever personal reason they have to make a name for themselves in the Eorzea. Even the Warrior of Light from a legacy account started out as some stranger come to Eorzea for whatever personal reasons they have before the events of A Realm Reborn began.